Nuclear Weapons

The Department of Energy is currently proposing to spend $150 billion over 25 years to revamp the nuclear weapons complex, including increasing the ability to produce plutonium pits for nuclear [...]

The Bush administration released its Fiscal Year 2009 budget request today, requesting a record-breaking $515.4 billion for baseline Defense spending, reaching the highest level of Defense [...]

For much of the Bush administration’s tenure, the nuclear disarmament movement has been on the defensive, reacting to the administration’s dangerous plans to pursue a new generation of nuclear [...]

(Washington, DC – 1/16/08) – The Department of Energy has dedicated a 90 day comment period to the Bush Administration’s proposed nuclear weapons production facility formally known as Complex [...]

Starting in February, the Department of Energy will be holding public hearings on Complex Transformation, its plan to revamp the nuclear weapons complex, which is closely linked with the Reliable [...]

The seven years of the Bush administration have provided many challenges for the peace movement, but one area in which we have seen great success is defeating Bush’s dangerous and provocative [...]

Peace Action West and the nuclear disarmament movement had a great success in 2007 when Congress cut all of the funding for the Reliable Replacement Warhead program. In 2008, we must continue our [...]

In response to hypothetical questions about attacking Pakistan or facing a nuclear attack on the US, the leading four Democratic candidates for president discussed various ideas for curbing [...]

The 2008 elections will bring about opportunities the likes of which we haven’t seen in decades. If played well, we will be able to dramatically change the American conversation around nuclear [...]

Every year, Peace Action’s Japanese sister organization, Gensuiken, invites a Peace Action staff person to attend Japan’s annual World Conference on Nuclear Weapons, a commemoration of the [...]